Racing Episode 1

comparing the Army and the racing team.

STAFF SERGEANT – DAVID ROZMARIN: You have a driver in the racing team, we have a driver in the vehicle – now he's not the only one out there doing it, there is an entire crew with him. The same thing with the racing team. You' have the crew chief, that's like the vehicle commander – you've got the individuals out there changing tires, that's the pit crew, similar to our mechanics and our communications officers – the one's who really get us prepared to go out there and fight.

Ryan Newman: "When I'm driving, two people I only ever usually talk to is my crew chief and my spotter. And more often than not I'm listening to my spotter, and it's a 50/50 balance between talking and listening to my crew chief ‘cause I need to know what's going on with the race to understand you know our strategy, our pit window, what our tire cycles are, and things like that."

RYAN NEWMAN: Our team compared to an Army squad… I will say this – I've never been truly a part of an Army squad, but I can say it's all about teamwork. There's always a sense of leadership, not just the leader, but each individual has to have a sense of leadership.

STAFF SERGEANT – KRISTOPHER SMITH Their main team – at a pit stop, the maintenance guys are right there. Change a tire – quick. Get them back on the racetrack – give them the best advantage to win. And that's what our maintenance guys do for us as well. They give us the best advantage to win the fight.

SERGEANT – DUSTIN WHITE Just like, you know, with the racing, it isn't the driver out there just driving, that's not all there is to it – there's more to it.